For Writing

Etherpad: Real-time, on-line document collaboration (with chat)

My Webspiration: Inspiration + collaboration features

ShowBeyond: Good for digital storytelling

ThyNews: Create an on-line newspaper


For Images

Photo Laboratory: Free on-line, high quality digital images (no copyright issues)


For Presentations

ChartGo: For creating charts and diagrams quickly and easily

SlideRocket: On-line presentation tool; lets you create and store presentations on the web so you don't have to carry around bulky PowerPoint files. Lots of great presentation tools

ScreenJelly: To capture a set of procedures on your computer to illustrate steps to others; great for tutorials

280 Slides: Create slide shows on the web (rather than in a PowerPoint File)

RockYou: For making a slide show with music

Xtimeline: Create a time line

VoiceThread: To create an on-line conversation about a picture or a work of art (or any object, for that matter)


For Maps

QuikMaps: Draw on a Google map

Google maps: Creating custom maps and annotating existing maps


For Video

VideoSpin: Simple video editing (like iMovie?) for the PC

Stupeflix: Simple video production (from stills and video clips)

Animoto: Make video (or at least animated slide shows) from stills

Vidque: Storing and organizing videos that you find on the web

Re-mix America: a cool new site/tool for taking video clips and splicing them together into documentaries


For Searching

EyePlore: A way to search the web through visual connections; in some ways similar to Google's wonder wheel

Tips to improve Google searching: From Free Technology for Teachers



Wordle: To create attractive word clouds




Other Cool Stuff

PDF to Word: To convert files

Vocaroo:Record your voice and send it as a file via e-mail or post it on the web

TodaysMeet: Create your own internet chat room

Google's Living Story: a new way to follow a news story as it develops. Great for current events projects



More: NYSCAT, GoToWeb2.0, Larry Ferlazz's Top Tools, Read, Write, Think,

Sites to follow: Teacher20.org--I just discovered this one. Good articles that introduce how teachers are using 2.0 technology in their classrooms.